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* .: ' *~ ~V .j~''Z4' ~ '~F~~.%.1- ED, A, ~ <.2~4 '~ % Wm Naa 24F iz $1 AI 41 t ~ * . . j. .4 .A- .Cx Dollars, a it e 6ktaiW oe -Pi T.P Dslera ~it FiftyAnis, aM ti e o' . - Attvertlsema-ntas-le41 ats%:~een'~ts sun (1' lineseorlesj,) alsd'hall' h' eneh su teqinent u p . ''ho ^-i..0. u itsns to be mitii.rke al 11 Ad(riien i.-Aif will he pilibcsled elatilotlire.d t? beiil opn ansichergelaOAnseetijglf. - 0.One. oli e ssqtinfe :ftr $1.silof1t'1pn. e jsrged~h ,sanme~j ,singl einedusrion and. Smi a h1Te ~tiie1 san e-a nw 'oncA.-~ ' r lihing'ChtAti A-on* a liw rectsithre 441 i he1 f chairtyi;9. -v isury iN ices ed I 8is lit'leti nn i4 reeniln-enI pndlidates for pyt r f rpstr 11 6 tt sne Chcntio wil t i ehstgi-rtsa aelvrtiitemen : r~ntts fst: Advertliseg "ill be presenWte 'esters 1y n1.1l must ost paid o ns'u p ltL'ianlat til'l on. GRICULERAL OJ S S0A D Iit, 33N f NU 0 11 ' )1 It ss'sns Is be tisepl .tised,. by mTniy' wh tailk' ah10i1t deeenggtj the -atail, thast tih .r4st putst'.lf it 1 i, to ni thise rpots il 1;:,tiit im uiips-ld by seine, thlt i ti' h j4 isen t 1) .ej i.-. tliere eit be ha rlI aay .gi er. Th.ieP Iiiol tis n-ither confins' eln ithe utlyo enates nor .oppos.ets (if.h doctriuie of leep- ttillag. 'it H litll lime sinte' sevr.al lifferenst ins's hisv mnnintainesi "ins itsaring, thst' it wasa s1n use to plosgh rdig deep, beenese ti rools of jilats rsn tin.near the sus fici- of tit earth -While wedh.list subsecrib ton thi coniclisiti hsere dirawi, we stspect tsi fact to be nsistlto a far greate-r extei th11n n many sulpposi-.-. 1ill -ol late,- iii * giving -dlirecstions f1 planting out asparagus rootis, the cutivv tears wivo requiredi the, Iarth to he trencelh ed to the-depth o if wo feet,a ;nd t!he plst to be set with their roltSenbrpiiculas the lower exitemities o1hIfixtslwithingurie at least 15 inches hes'lsu the 'srface: .an lest theyisouNl itnli to.go too deer tile bottaism of tie. trencIe's rtlist hsl -51hi 'ith brick or stonltse,.formingn, a lsdrne deep-intec soil Tie whsole of tiis plrac tise was fouslnded on the idea that the root af this plaot-wereeverdlelvinig downwarl it) tie centre of the tarth, ra. tile soi must be stirred and enriche-sd downthei-e that they naiy ct.be Put (if fodder oi thei So of grape. stines--a great bel tof boer stones brick bate, a11)1-[eti t nilt, murt .b formied ; herasuse ilha roots (if -vine a wer ili'Ays strnying downwasrd as nuch as it top was reaching llywar(. Of late ill dliscovery has been miade that thq rosts u grape vines do not runl% deep, but sire eep ing.towarl ithe sturface, like .ihose ampihib ionst1 animalev which lie so near the sunei'c of the-water that thauir cat) find ready. ae cess.to their lings. Nor could . we ever satisrv ourselve1 thia Ilia roots "of asparagus, halve.ng such pre dilection for tle interior of tihe loube It some maintain. We-always tin them-nen tie suirfaeo, especially wheti their bed ha been deeply tilled. If these facts are so, is there any use i tilling so deep; and may we not confins otur culture to tie surface ? By no mean The necessity of deep tillage does not res on these facts, be they one or the oilter. Some of the more generatl requiste or a soil are, lt, a. fund of food for tih planta it sustairs, consisting of those mism rni 'ostitusenets andI thisse sorgauiib muetter sldlspted to f'eesi thsem. 2dian eyenness can ho easily -perme'aied bsy moisltre an5 air. Ands 4ths,suach a mnechaenical density' a wvili iinwi thse easy panssage cf the resnl throuigh it, and ut thse sume time isoldl th rootes ini their planceis atiindaIlbrd thecm .thei seuitient ins *tullic'lit qutan tities. '. Th'e reoonis for tile tieist of~these is read jy tseen. lie B'ecnil iSslot. so (easil compllreended's; taut lihe (ne i', thten sol5 wichel htas nst-elsei sitirredl fomr a long ltsm heri-nes a read t'csy cone tta cor ofi eaC I iece i:4'i ltmphrnsture. i~s aff'cteds wilh a') cry l~u chneil aeltmo'~shte, wvith-thIis diillf' encee-thats tice .cachd below~i coantrsoh, muleisches'te' than lte lest fromu tuh5ve. lraeigusent uite inisens ofl hei liue' i, 115e ats are commonalel 5' o ia the i en l'-,t. sat lih l'leso, nsot ise y injypr isesny. uponet growl ie veJgel~tatio. II the' soil is soe conestrneste ats teo eatrlitin ee en 5'tempe'5l1lrnelet, it li m to at greait extent5, s'ounteernet till t'fct' 5 slte chaeis' elf tihe talosphe re, bust ii it am~t e d bcy p i theaseo chlnes ,sIt is ohyviot Is is wi ithits tsh' ebcs'ervton oef tany on Otllie a soil' whish is Ihesroughtly andss deep5liy titlet is far better iltted .t mia'itain an sevent tens patsture, thanet one wich is only moed~'5 toe sis hasw depthi..* Th~thIirdn quaility is sahy o is; n deespytille Jso51i isisi ' de~ i timeil, ands comparaltttively diry its a wet Iieee Thels feuirth only teg~nres it to e sesri' thtat 1too light soil is snot faviercebi to II best growthl of v'egetations. i 'nce tie' sin of rollers, antd jirelsste a 6ppili intl'5 vii wayeis to) bring thet eairlth intoii 15 r('esonnb cosn ilet stat after sr pel v'riziaise. Nowv, il is rsesnal.-e tso susppoe-nl ai apl i-eh3;nas h iltiooner s 6 ii 1f cecasiorQ t p e o u cat Sibli i gjoote ieow e rep~lig ,o'ritbyfats otth.peurahtion . oi' usm s ote Al. onai act rri 3 -' I. jj itg co h the aso fi ngtbais~ Oil senpe al te 1fyJaiss ii 4iirig gn trio noe~ilAn, nanui m ie ne ril ihf'.makt Iii glfi rst rateham, IT '- h.'of hams1 a k eur .oimedi'e.--of 1)ltIden6Ogar iered itcs 6 f su1t pet aad one itI in sual'; jiiverizo- and1 iUI tijeni thlihtiua rubel eIi~tna veli a'tI-ovrjpairtfetifariy6o Ie hesh-uide, and l-h o nt p if ;aruds (di 36 of 48 .heuirst~ilhpn pa'ck thenrI . b cske uedding..two .q,itu-ts.o( (lice lt o) e~Ver.y.8( t" iey maty b-hungu4it r . - - A.' . 'i., ' .isir oudiees of gall oneind n qurait'ess ibi Iirotv-str twi lkeeal-good' iobrtiii for100 1'4 .Ai~ h) I f " weny f uitotirs. a: pickle tha L wi'l ben . eg, eid alwaOys should bb ap . plied, ST A.0 n r.iv -'loos.-A -writer in i1. SAlbintry dultivafor for 3841, states ihact in g1eg -i d isease by splitting open the onMi In the 6 lengt of :.d'cii 71 itli i k nlp fe:e leoosetsiiig ilhe 3aiii a lit t'' Ise ac . .ie af the eut,;a't litnertiil iine~ sut. A ctorvesp)nde nt'fthe Souheri r. Ciliiatu' 'tor NoPiiIer, states 'tha his .i igjI bitr. m lit hzliid lost one of hi lidgi 'tilli IT1. diniazsO, us4-el tlie -stiie neans sul stiiling spirit.. of turpelhtine for Alh. 11i, with niveraloiher logs auacke vlI I the disease, micsavedthem all T .f Prom the Wil ibngtne(. )"Com eric in D n ber 18, 1dI6. RE P6 RT Ofth Srvcroirs pfti.. ~ 1 o coimct-wilia tli'-aSoutli. Carolina Itail I oad.4 To the SdUscriber 'to the SurVCy'of thg r Roeute. fdr a Rail Road to connueet-the WILtItNo'foN-ANO RIANOkh I1AIL ItOAL * 'ith tU16 Ci ' h iDEN lfla ntIt Road: S iaNM'ELIEN: In einmpiunre' with yiou| 3 wish'euneil instructionsi at corps was orga n nized and the survey of iiha Ro-ule for ti a contemplated Road conmencd in Juij f last. . - - - A - Report upoKn -0h' )S6 ver, togethe whit a -Mlap and profile. f lte rotite, we b'j a ltgave..hrcew ith to stibmit.tou you. . At commencement, various scheme ,werd proposed for making the niecessarj 'connection 'ih the Wilington and'itio naoke Rilt Road. One, to cros the- ap, s Fear,bclow the junction of the two riveis r with a bridge or starnferry.boat;. thenIC s over the- swamp otj Eaglu's ishiund am Brunswick -riter. mAA *seecod, to..start, from- the Depot-o the roa4'on the hill, and curving aroune to cross the North Eat at 'or, neur Iiltit I thence across the point between tle, tw rivers and over tihe "Northwert." Anl i 5 third, to commeIce h& sone isint on tit west mide of ihn Norihwesi brancli of thi Cape Fear, amii above the point at whici S the Birscwick breaks from it-and fron fthis poinit the. comectieon to be inade b' a mins of a small steambiheat. e tI Thi asi, beinig deciiledly the cheapest S mlotives of present economy 'dete-rmin(es 8 us in selectintg it as the poinu.i 'which e line to) serve as a basis for out estimat-i r shlde commnce. .Ssaiting, then; at "Meare'a- Bhtff'," threi milies abmove town, the tabtle -laind beii V renetieed at an elevation of fourteen fee Ia beve tider wvatet thn linet purisesa snorth r- westwardely dlirectioni, feor sthe purpose'*o -i aidlinig the masin boadtof the U reen S wami andl Waccomaittv'Liihe. to nea r Li vinigston' trreek, bePfore re'isinig wvhieic a 'suelicien borthingi a beincg ecbtajinedi, a chaiinge acf dlirec onaci isn mai. 'O*Crosintg thle creek at a tea bi vorinble pinee, ciberuit oneC and1 Icbnif mtile Ssculh If ealt e mritiii raaed, the rouite, pausini g * hal f mnilie re erthI of the W acumnwc -Laki! .. vitle,'' is coinu'ed straighit,a - distance .41 'I lorty-Ii ce- niiles, t) wi thin two- mile " eof Fei r ilh1ll' on, the -Lumbeiiir river, a dlesigated po .Cein tin the line . Froma thence R* lihe reo1te p.tzising ichectt a htalf micle bac-k ci ii Fair II'uff andae crossing the S5it line tw dl mili-s baeleaw it, runs don oi n the ridge be - we-en hce . LbImciber river ande Gapwncv abe iiam il,derecsses the former 'below tic IFary. TIh. eoce, belowe the feint of1 th e h aen Ita' t Set amp~ ,an .the Lit e ei- akveDr.Gilchrist's briudge, thme runt C . flie w'' the idgej~4 between the e"Hig 8ister a aui "taieilc-a Down"c' hays, an1)1- passe 1 ; abouet ni( <lua rter oufna inie notrtht ofl Ma~rio Couadrt Iilue. Fruom the~nce to the G re )5 Pe ne n i.e.. a fr...be1. point fr. e...... and 'theri i.tw . miles I thed et wkMji l ainp k,,Ins"if f h e road lea oi~g'am r-l V ingnoUdlitti' on ~ Ebe 'gie f the outeI coftsr i -% ejsn . a k nit river, Seape. O ti4tl ,id~ ' tvmm to a fpoig~tpou t th de,~~*iw~lo Weiitt ig of0 I'hns. far th'd icbuitify73 .6er Abi th hOe lIisR , 69-es e n~i.~ to fAluto N, I fotm da to pgeselit fit:liulhe Narte Ivili'ome litnin pqi rtant excdpti ns, i a . u n d s ntih h e r o th . . t. .be"t q ali for':the ecnitttis t$: Nihe-bad 4 'Ihe ridtiatitn it e h'Ltwilljihe com paratiyely slight, and --of e~sy 'exectinmn nsistgig,ex. efiting wherg stre ih's vamips-avre crossed; chiefly oflight -err ham iin nigsufilciianti..high 1r 1ect th r t the sfatpr thpt .isnlyly renmain .l . . iiemaraly flat surface of 1b earth1) i wea-thecr.. .;. e .roil n.firterville, the route passts ori ii coinir preset;t si-milar ppearan'c a4 imtoireadly described,' until it- re-ache 1t 1 j'ihi Ioore, ,pantationi ussin abho~t a-gqarter of n mi e to the' soatha his)ase, it crosses'iohend 6i "6fMcRae' al " inu- s.ceiding friam tli strikes in Mr. Reefdeli, i -ie AM.Aihl' ctinimencilrig below Milnchster aind bor fle'rbig upon ime low *rmqu dsi-f th'e Waie re'ivef-n4n as the "h1ijh bills of ti Santie.' Passinmg time rilge utits lowes ~int,in.Mr'..esfield.'at 'an el'eration o thirty feet alove tid e- water, and abot on iLunidred iand set'~eity-fi-ve feet above thm C'nil( iftvrYiach road. tie ronte by a con tilimious curve,,i of from '2,001). in .3,000 fee Fndins. with a grade of 6ifty fret to the milt imid-with'so ne heavy .excafItons aid erm iianknene, -conntLs - *h the U:ndei rbad. .- -5 Thus. presenting a ,roaa 158 'miles i le9gtit,. '.which 10I :miles are sirqigh and-the halance, except that imediatel It tihe con n.ecion-, ofcurvesi f over 0,00 'e/. raiusuiawih. .ewe r heavy grades, atK witht'less _eXavatio,i and embankment th;s liny rori iofsinmilar ;ligth iii the conntr3 imay'l be Priper here to siate'.hat we ai ih miii ion that fumthir exininatio wou lid d1emnistrate III jrneicaility eoft b ette'r rute ove r it-."'Iligh hills fr. th :.mItee" brinig f-unid,tditt the (else here pr : ,nled; imei %% ith uts, boting limited, pre vinted oit giig inio the exiineuui atioIn -n minutely Its we Would otiehvise have doe Hef-re prrceeding with the estinates, description of the kind of rpad estinatte for, lecomes necess 'ary. -Thegradiatio is intelaeed for a ringle ireck only, an! cot sists (f' excavations urith slopes of 3-4 hori zo:Ital to 1. perriendicular. . 'Il,'os py rstr it ure to consist of.stbsill 4 Ily -10 idcees ider the bari'ng of th rails, and heddea so thu ltheir 4pper sin Iaces All be two inches below tIe grade stirface of the road, and it'tLheir'j aits ree ting on cross. pieces of similur dimensioam On these the cross ties or sills 8 by 8 anl 8 ieet long, are placecl three feet apal from eitre to centre; every other one be ing notched on' its-tipper surface- for th reception of the rail; the alte-nate sill be in'g' brought to a lle1ezwithi the bthei byb ingii-lnied on the underside and letil o ulpont the subsill.. Upon the sills the raib 6 by 7,'fou'r feet 5 1.2nlies apart,- a chamfered ol their iner edges, one a hall incies, ar'e'placed; beijig confined to Ilh notched sill by. imenos of a wooded kej and kept in -its 'plaice on the other by wo(Jdeti biacket on tdie outside of the rai Oveur streamrs and1 swnaps,,Laittice bridge aind Trc'iet wek hans bee'n estimated fo Theq fore,.r oin "Towns"m' plano, roofed an weam her boairdled to lprotect them from th weather, aind of the'se, theore are four, vi: three of one span each, across Liv'ingsioii ereek, Lumber, atnd Little Pee Dee river auad onet oif tui o spans, dith a draw ove the .Ggep Pe ,Di'e. Th'e trea w'ork wvhere, as in thme Grei ~Pee Dee swamps)1i, it is not over twelve fee -' in *htvight, is on the plan adlopted on ill Somuth Unrtain a rondsm; the piles being caj pedl and croas-braced, with string pieci I10 by 14 iinches ~hatched onm the cups an seeniredl by means of wvoodena keys, and - ihese stin mgs the roadiilaid. In the Grei on Peet De e r Tretis of the form uist : th ilumaington Roai have beeni estimri ted. for, in consmegnmence of i he hmeig lit. - 'hidh 1ithe swamp ha-i toa beCcssed,:to pri I Ceei the road from thme action of freshtets, For a rid built in this niamnnet',-withi i plate rail 21-2 by I inch,double alie weig~ .ofl that .ordinmarily nsed, arid conseqaunt| I cotstinmg aboacut Si,40O0 per nille'more; (at ' iat ii will'unswecr well till lhespurpose's fi -which it is in tendwed we thimnk nao onie ci ' dlobi) we l.resenmt thiefillowving, estimnate L viz:. * For Excavations nndl Eimtankmeniar - incluing grnahliing and clearing, - 7'2A58I P or Supotnatu~itre, inciiihng T 'urn-' tPor Ware louses and Wa'ter sta lions, on ine arnd at ech 1'id, - -40,000 V or t'ay of' L-nginaeers, including con Stinagenee, (this sin dlependoig upntetimiu occupied in the conl stntonf' the .oaid) - - - 40,460 po1r land damng'a . . . - n nnn o i~ps#.akdlyj -In Af,9 ( po land dihbp&5 For S b & 4 4S*9 -,1For -Esdqatlon,' F6j.H' il bcnI~ 1l 'o - ugsClts -,A 11n (IIi~Cl t autei r r-r~m abn o us vllle a11ect, anted i. (rJend aWAi. i e frir 1, thtS uTV~y ofijt-ethould bA r~eM." %w' lnte~didegl-ln cO,1I3ltace wi I totat effect, to. present et Cali ftCteo( Ahe cost.'o - ioda, Iuclt 1; bui~~ ~~ a~r~g..~a t hrer-prosedI : he Legi1Alti.softl tvo 'Slat' . SillS ; cuflformitv, Zvtmii e!~lt pas1.sed at thie;141aispn Convenltio,1f' *cise rout . 6over which thetsoail is t ebt we deem It 1niecesserya Ipreqnpd piba -6iicare 06~wIad~ *Un~..r this bind; it 4ynptn li eofieldbt~lul Ofplocw*trai Lgua to o1erTlpt nythiiqk 1in?~ Alimiats life iifptaronceaudl '90" are so welu1ljt'4, Rl ~ssiy fmI~~los, sid arie'slireire jell ba-eelf. 11 eblltt.'Jto Isre'sent .anL upuninsennu In iite~ip d:ai thliaat. 13011itfeL' %V~p~ eecad venuuring,-ullu I e, d-;. tlieiiniieR. - I.h'ilte pmbrjof. P~rJfpaa s iwee n ndn Vtaliu',;a iled riom use. b..sofi66 iinn Cdnipany, fgte'year enioig~t1 1840, was l1,PUO whichai du~ lld ICA Th'le (rcight'aaac wa4' p en 'g(Is fort the samtie P riu&dO( The mail to We honestlybefivoIjo rpgh Sbusiness and wiy [Iasie~tW .js~I will exceed that o 6 19 hallm Lon Itounnok'o Road,.' t 'least tivti 4 e .' cent. in con'seqtjence;01118 aSi' tgfaatO Sacountey fir more w ealth ,M moe 9 popqtleted and. cousequpnsly lasn-gV. Sproduce fr market and *requiring niof return" ini the iway of merchundise. ~A Iregrdithe i'hrough travsI e-1: en~ 00 , r eN - - 4 Is.* I'~ tr/ .. sa y . e d ti r - *:igsre 4~f4t di,vee ~ JnW 40- T4K. J r 1)9B1 ub eihit -We fiht at~ *~ ss~aus nit~iwa Cum atfr i lu -ip: pis .hws an eteneg? u m ppunaion ain athg - wp qlluia jt eji f -!~P a , keit a n . * r .anhed e 3rth Cueof pS t ea~ctn h nd dh.T itt ilti a"On t, e resmm ip uao of an a a m: Ainf b~e y e e %er j lily e~~~~WA b.iita e jk lepern t h'todstheeuia lG. ppriysge t ri: a an A il~ Iuii *'L I.~wilx $ Wea os ci t! i'-ores rien urnuca (i inadtne 'nd l ee flcritsi. - C(th tier.. ndnoft oefyr iper r e u~e~ a n of thit Od istotdiaa Lr . t~ n s % hO lth~l pan ts soyUvl~ ndesb~inhi a eo *pranprodu nt nl aetm afadal edt ctvt a e id pi navaicinndnlt. t W.40ukN D 214 Indadnce wth prC4a enhi c A MPi' CO, Ded)1jnumn84b d14i 442chwm te "lnhlrn'i fi te wnu iam~ben'Vleme'--Thi lit Byle is a slaake eat, kp 10t OMSriKns. a 0 hist . i it tIt 4*o e; 660 ii-j ~ad preset coiry Umetey. Ih uth Sf pearabnce'.ni W of nl'hiv thie nal n vts- tiiyaeni:N d nae drie dil hfab'te i tt Con trreisinteeneesae un* pl00 .portus oring er~N1oe arll-#To ng faor-h o fPeic dim m r' enet sc'disapbolti -at m etita En'le i l. Ateitheirhreh inhait.Vas ton'ahIt~ pun O, Te' iCe b 4.';Q a 1, %Vla .A14910ni. 00 Alconefsl unasiane asii e itent g ase bee i ite by the exicanarlhorei tie, nil thet eW'iry inordtel In~ the neighbttrorkd th ofy. Tamie' big'im thinl in. - has itofed -,rth a or thel pefr theexst Iiny- - gnr; . bi al ,0 in t e'L A? a~nti,60k. n o t roiles or pluitipn. Anthrge er a : p tore . elindi riiep. ng"Cpt If u ngt ets' onedireui 'A lai m e autbi ana r~yen ton, and tn C fr4 Rik lietw